Reviewed by Oscar E. Moore
Billed as a musical, Dietrich & Chevalier is much more. Which causes some problems. The book and the songs seem to be at odds with one another.
Billed as a musical, Dietrich & Chevalier is much more. Which causes some problems. The book and the songs seem to be at odds with one another.
You don't have to be Catholic to love Nunsense. It's a hoot from start to finish.
Where "Freed" could have been a boring, scholastic history lesson the fine writing of Charles Smith continually keeps our interest piqued.
Although there are some excellent ideas, they just don't go far enough to make this ninety minute play about perhaps one of the very first extremely dysfunctional families work as well as it…
A surreal, voyeuristic journey into the lives of a British family that is in the process of disintegrating before our eyes. Not a pretty picture.
A powerful, promising and moving new original musical with a score by Dionne McClain-Freeney that is fresh and vibrant.
The very candid, very funny and extremely touching (some might say sentimental) The Kid, based on a book by openly gay syndicated columnist Dan Savage whose sex advice forum is as funny as i…
Adam Rapp's production of his own play is excellent even though it wanders off into Twin Peaks territory at times. Which is not a bad thing.
Radiating charm and good old fashioned Hollywood glamour even without the help of all those infamous sequins (although there were plenty), Mitzi Gaynor is a star that you can't help but love.
Smart writing, intelligent direction and four riveting performances that tell the story of two of the most important and influential architects - Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson.
It's barely amusing with its four dysfunctional characters on parade in the dilapidated mess of an apartment strewn with debris where you expect to see vermin breeding and roaches crossing t…
A modest new play with some immodest ideas by Alan Brody, that is sensitively directed by Suzanne Barabas and finely acted by the cast of four. All season long I have seen so many homosexual…
Before you scream "Not another Hamlet!" read on...
It's fractured fairy-tales meets Tim Burton meets Baroque Opera Trio meets Lady Gaga meets Bizet meets flamenco meets Swan Lake meets Vivaldi meets Princes and Princesses played interchangea…
A remarkable and ambitious production of a less than remarkable (read mediocre) musical which sets endless unmemorable tunes, to the Book of Genesis - loosely adapted to fit the requirements…
Are we to take this as a tragedy? Or a comedy? It seems to want the best of both worlds and winds up somewhere in the murky in between.
Remember aspiring actress Eve Harrington inching her way into the life of Margo Channing; substitute writer for actress and you have "Collected Stories" but without the theatrical fireworks.
As she skips on stage with enough lip gloss to reflect to the balcony, her blonde locks as excited as she is to be there, Sherie Rene Scott is a full blown star obviously enjoying basking in…
Why? Why would anyone in their right mind pay good money as opposed to the bad money reaped in by Enron to see a bloated, over produced, padded, gimmicky show called Enron with a cast of odious characters with no redeeming or likable features whatsoever?
An enthralling night at the theatre that reminds us all of the challenges that black people have had to face, have met and have overcome.
When first produced in 1968, Promises, Promises was a hit. Now it is even better
To paraphrase Macbeth, "It's a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying not too much of anything." And will probably run forever.
Go see this poignant Sondheim sampler and be awed and amazed at the immense output of this musical genius.
Simply fantastic. Go. Be entertained, be surprised and be young and in love with this sparkling powerhouse of a musical.
This new production by the Abingdon Theatre Company is engaging and charming, well acted with a dose of Shavian humor thrown in and good craftsmanship displayed in its intelligent writing.